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The US Congress passed sweeping stablecoin legislation creating a federal framework for digital currency banks. The OCC can now charter National Digital Currency Banks under strict reserve requirements.
One year after DOGE began slashing federal payrolls, 300,000 government jobs have been eliminated, AI is displacing professional workers, and economists warn a white-collar recession is taking shape.
The IMF's 2026 Article IV report projects 2.6% GDP growth but warns tariffs, Medicaid cuts, and food assistance reductions will materially reduce disposable incomes for the bottom third of Americans.
During the State of the Union, Trump announced a government-backed retirement match of up to $1,000 per year for the 57 million American workers who lack employer-sponsored 401(k) plans.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News the economy can grow at least 3.5% in 2026, dismissing the Q4 GDP print of 1.4% as distorted. Here is what the numbers actually say.
Short-term Treasury yields are rising to 3.7% while the 10-year falls to 4.0%, creating a rare 'twist' pattern. Here is what this unusual bond market signal means for your money.
Trump's 2026 SOTU address features Trump Accounts for newborns, an AI electricity mandate, drug pricing reform, and an affordability push as the economy slows to 1.4% growth.
DOGE reduced the federal workforce by 9% in less than 10 months, the largest peacetime cut since WWII. Yet federal spending rose $376 billion. The disconnect reveals why America's deficit problem defies political intervention.
Visa fell 4.5% and Mastercard dropped nearly 6% as investors repriced the payment giants amid converging threats from AI disruption, stablecoin settlement, and antitrust pressure.
The Federal Reserve is split between doves who want rate cuts and hawks worried about tariff inflation. The paralysis could keep rates at 3.5-3.75% for the rest of 2026.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Monday that the March rate decision is 'as close to a coin flip' as it gets, with labor market data sending deeply conflicting signals about where the economy is headed.
The 10-year Treasury yield has fallen to 4.08% even as several Fed officials float the possibility of rate hikes. The divergence between the central bank and the bond market is the widest in years.